Additional criteria for acceptance of waste at landfills for hazardous waste
2. Waste may only be accepted at a landfill for hazardous waste if –
(a)it is listed on the Hazardous Waste List of the European Waste Catalogue(1) or has similar characteristics to those so listed; and
(b)its total content or leachability –
(i)does not present a short term occupational risk or an environmental risk; and
(ii)would not prevent the stabilisation of the landfill within its projected lifetime taking account of its after care period following closure.
(1)
Council Decision 2000/532/EC (O.J. No. L226, 6.9.2000, p. 3) as amended by Council Decision 2001/119/EC (O.J. No. L47, 16.2.01, p. 32) and 2001/573/EC (O.J. L203, 28.7.01, p. 18)